Essays on Style Of Life

Extreme sport influence

Extreme sport is a kind of sport that is associated with high risk, peril or danger. This type of sport started to emerge relatively not long time ago. Before, humankind did not have such industrial and technological progress as we do nowadays; humans had to procure food and shelter constantly in their everyday life. It was all about danger and tension that embodied in the form of wild animals, natural disasters or other perilous things that surrounded humans. Nowadays, however, the world became much safer in the terms of nature. People can control many things yet sometimes it is ...

Is the idea of human rights a universal concept, or does it represent Western cultural imperialism?

What do we know about human rights? According to the United Nations definition, “human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status.” All humans are equal in their rights without any discrimination. In this article, I will analyze the difference of understanding of human rights between the Western and the Eastern worlds and will try to answer the question: Is the idea of human rights a universal concept, or does it represent Western cultural imperialism? James Paul and Joe Stork state “ ...

Steckley, J. (2007). White lies about the inuit. 1st ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division.

The title of the book reveals the attitude of the author to the stereotypes that existed for many years. John Steckley confessed that he also became a victim of the stereotypes fostered by academic literature and other “reliable” sources of information.

The narrative style is simple and typical for a book. The narration is performed from a third person. The style of the author matches the subject material. The narration is typical for any other text-book.

The main strength of this book is that it added to the myth-destroying literature and contributed to the fight with racism and other anti-social phenomenon. ...